Strictly business: 49ers say their eyes only on the ultimate prize

They are the San Francisco 49ers and they’re here to win a Super Bowl.

That’s been the message sent by the Niners, whose French Quarter hotel on Canal St. is a few Hail Marys from Harrah’s Casino and Bourbon Street.

How has running back Frank Gore enjoyed his nearly 24 hours perched on the island of temptation?

“I’ve been in my own room,” Gore said. “I might go out to eat, me and Randy (Moss), but I’m trying to get a ring, man. I want to relax, kick my legs up and watch film and do whatever it takes to get this ring.”

Before the 49ers left for New Orleans, Moss, a 14-year veteran whose only Super Bowl appearance was a loss with the Patriots, addressed the team. His message: You can party all you want on Feb. 4.

“He just told us, when we come down here it’s got to be business trip,” Gore said. “Just think about all the things we’ve been through. He said he’s been here before and it didn’t happen … He was like ‘We’ve just got to sacrifice this one week and get the ring. And then we can do whatever we want to do after that.”

After touching down in New Orleans on Sunday night, the 49ers didn’t begin snapping pictures or rolling video as they exited their plane. Jim Harbaugh said that wasn’t mandated, but he clearly didn’t mind that his players weren’t thinking about Super Bowl scrapbooks.

“Some people, I saw, commented on the fact that team wasn’t taking pictures or video cameras when they were coming off the flight last night,” Harbaugh said. “That was not addressed by anyone. Nobody talked about that. That was just something team didn’t do for some reason.”